Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
DECEMBER 28, 1958
Brigadier General Mateo Capinpin died of heart attack in his home in Biñan, Laguna at the age of 71.
Mateo Capinpin (April 22, 1887 – December 28, 1958), a patriot, soldier, hero, guerrilla leader and military strategist, was born in Morong, Rizal.
He took his elementary and secondary education at Laguna High School.
In 1906, at the age of 19, he joined the Philippine Scouts as a private and was honorably discharged as a major in 1918.
He joined the Philippine National Guards as a First Lieutenant, a rank of Major in the US Army.
He came back to the Philippine Scouts in 1920 and was given the permanent rank of Captain.
Capinpin was sent to the United States to attend the Officers Courses at Fort Benning Infantry School in Georgia. After commanding the 45th Infantry, Philippine Scouts for twenty years, he became the commander of the 21st Division, Philippine Army with the rank of Colonel.
During World War II, he was captured by the Japanese in Bataan. He was among those in the Death March from Mariveles, Bataan to Camp O’Donnell, a concentration camp in Capas, Tarlac.
He was released in late 1942 and was invited by President Jose P. Laurel to serve the puppet government.
He used his position in government for the advantage of the guerrilla movement. As a resistance leader, his records and accomplishments are printed in the annals of guerilla history worldwide. His strategies and organizational methodologies have become part of the country’s counter-insurgency strategies and techniques.
He retired from military service in 1948 and became the Adjutant General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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